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County committee backs exploring outpatient opioid treatment center using settlement funds
Summary
A St. Clair County Human Services Committee voted to forward a conceptual plan to the full county board to pursue a medication-assisted outpatient opioid treatment center, using opioid settlement money to cover start‑up costs. Committee members asked for a formal proposal and oversight terms before any award.
The Human Services Committee voted to forward a conceptual initiative to the full St. Clair County Board of Commissioners to pursue a community outpatient opioid treatment program funded with opioid settlement dollars.
The committee heard that the county’s Opioid Advisory Committee and a treatment subcommittee concluded there is no local medication‑assisted treatment (MAT) provider and that the gap is causing interrupted care for people released from jail. Tom Smith and county staff presented the committee’s work: the subcommittee ran an RFP process, interviewed vendors and recommended Comprehensive Treatment Centers (CTC) as a candidate to bring MAT (an opioid treatment program/OTP) into the county. Presenters said CTC has discussed locating an outpatient clinic and, as part of the concept, would…
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